Pesto chicken with fridge-raider ‘bulging muscles’ salad

Name: Pesto chicken with fridge-raider ‘bulging muscles’ salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 5 cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered; salt and freshly ground black pepper; handful of spinach, shredded; 2 tbsp natural yoghurt; ½ red onion, diced; ½ cucumber, split in half, deseeded and diced; 1 small tin sweetcorn; 400 g chicken breast, diced into 2cm cubes; 1 small packet of precooked green lentils; 1 small tin chickpeas; 200 g bulgur wheat; 1 small jar of basil pesto; 2 tbsp paprika

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Eat, Sleep, Rave, Reheat

By Chris Stark

Published 2020

About

I had this packet of something called ‘bulgur’ in the cupboard for months on end with no idea what the hell it was. I took the plunge and used it. Revelation! Working on the strong assumption that ‘bulgur salad’ equals ‘bulging muscles’, this is a healthy recipe that makes you feel great. Top with tender chicken skewers for a high-protein, low-calorie meal. By the way, you do need skewers for this. Soak wooden skewers in water ahead of time to stop them burning.

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